Victor-Eugene McCarty
Victor-Eugene McCarty (also Macarty, McCarthy or Macarthy, born between 1817 and 1823),[1] a Louisiana Creole, was one of the first of several prominent free black composers in New Orleans, best known for publishing Fleurs de salon: 2 Favorite Polkas in 1854.[2] In the 1840s he was among the first black men to study music abroad, at the Paris Conservatory.[3][4]
McCarty did not publish as widely as many of his fellow Creole composers of the era, but he was well known for performing and organizing other musicians, and playing a role in Reconstruction-era politics.[5]
References
- ^ Kein, pg. 83; Kein notes that most researchers claim a specific year for McCarty's birth, but that it can not be determined conclusively.
- ^ Wright, Jacqueline R. B. "Concert Music". The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. pp. 603–613.
- ^ Southern, pg. 252
- ^ Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History. p. 252.
- ^ Kein, pg. 83
Biography
- Simmonds, Kevin (2003). Taking His Rightful Place: A Biography of Black Creole New Orleanian Victor Eugene McCarty (1820-1881) (Master of Arts in Music. thesis). Middle Tennessee State University.
Other works cited
- Kein, Sybil (2000). Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color. LSU Press. ISBN 0-8071-2601-2.
- Koskoff, Ellen (ed.) (2000). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-4944-6.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - Southern, Eileen (1997). Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03843-2.